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Yoga Vāsiṣṭha 3.27.29

Traditional (ascribed to Vālmīki)

Prakaraṇas
6
Sargas
175
Published
88
Verses
3571
Level
intermediate

Sarga 27 · Verse 29

Verse 29

परमाणौ परमाणौ सर्गवर्गा निरर्गलम् । महाचितेः स्फुरन्त्यर्करुचीव त्रसरेणवः ॥ २९ ॥

paramāṇau paramāṇau sargavargā nirargalam | mahācitēḥ sphurantyarkarucīva trasarēṇavaḥ || 29 ||

Translation

In atom after atom of the great awareness the hosts of creations flash unhindered, like motes in a sunbeam.

Word by word

paramāṇau
in atom
sarga
of creations
vargā
the hosts
nirargalam
unhindered
mahā
of the great
citēḥ
awareness
sphurantya
(sphuranti) flash
arka
of the sun
ruci
in a beam
iva
like
trasarēṇavaḥ
motes

Meaning

One of the work's most famous images. In every atom of awareness there are worlds, as countless as the dust that shows in a ray of sun through a window. They do not crowd each other, because they take up no room.